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account42last Tuesday at 12:35 PM1 replyview on HN

IME that's mostly a problem with self-recorded disks while pressed discs are quite durable in practice. Maybe if you keep them in a very humid/hot environment you get different results.


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MengerSpongelast Wednesday at 3:47 PM

The estimated lifespan of pressed discs is less than 100 years. CD-Rs are worse!

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